Wineries are confident of producing high quality drops for their 2021 vintage, despite a lower than normal yield and the recent rains, which allowed the fungal grape disease known as botrytis bunch rot to ruin some bunches.
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Orange Region Vignerons Association president Tom Ward, of Swinging Bridge Wines, said botrytis had not been an issue for Swinging Bridge this vintage.
"There has been some lower yields, and we'd all like more grapes - there is a scarcity of product," he said.
"But it's an amazing vintage and we're pretty excited about what we've got sitting in the tank."
Julie Dolle from Orange Mountain Wines said winemakers across the area would have been "very tense" when the recent rains hit.
"Everybody pushed hard to get it done before the rain, and everyone is doing all they can with this good weather to get [the grapes] off."
She said that because the grapes at Orange Mountain Wines were hand picked, harvesters could deal with any mouldy bunches.
"We just cut them and they drop to the floor of the vineyard."
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Mrs Dolle said that although "the whites were below in volume ... what we got in was good".
"The rain hasn't been too bad, and hopefully if the weather stays like this for the reds we'll get some cracking cool climate wines."
Charlie Svenson from De Salis Wines said they managed to get grapes for sparkling white wines off the vines before the rains.
"It's a very good season," he said.
"[The rain] is always going to have some negative impact, but the best thing is it's not smoky," he said, referring to the bush fire haze that damaged so many grapes last season.
At Mortimer's Family Wines Peter Mortimer said all his white grapes were off the vines, and that the reds were soon to follow.
"We didn't get too much rain compared to the rest of the state," he said.
"At the moment the grapes are in perfect condition ... the quality is outstanding."
Mr Mortimer said he was waiting for the sugar level measurement (baume) to increase before getting the grapes off the vines.
"Probably another week or two," he said.
However if the weather turned he said that timeline might change.
Mr Ward recommended anyone planning to visit a cellar door over Easter to book ahead.
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